topic Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

TravisHowell — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:41:41 GMT

Hi all,

A pretty unique situation here. I'm trying to use my Canon T6 Rebel as a live streaming camera and overall I've got everything set up great, however the camera shuts off or live view shuts off after around 45m to an hour.

I have in the settings the "Auto Shut Off" set to Never. The current set up is using the USB, I use the EOS Utility application to activate Live View mode but as the subject states, it seems either this or the camera itself shuts off automatically still after some time. Any way to keep the camera on? Am I missing a settings somewhere?

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

Ray-uk — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:47:42 GMT

It is not a video camera, it is not designed for live streaming over that length of time. It is likely that the camera is shutting down because the sensor is overheating or the battery is getting low.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

TravisHowell — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:54:14 GMT

Hey Ray!

Totally understand that - I do have a battery power supply so its actually always charged through the wall.

My guess is maybe the sensor.

Overall, my goal is to have a camera that has really good/shallow depth of field when the subject is close. I am using a F 2.8 lens on it now which works great. Is there a video camera equivelent to achieve the same look?

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

shadowsports — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:09:40 GMT

Great Video Camera that supports EF lenses

Its not inexpensive, but not prohibative either.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

ebiggs1 — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 15:56:54 GMT

"Am I missing a settings somewhere?"

Yes you are. Rebels are not "live streaming camera". They are not designed for that and will never work well for that purpose.

They are stills cameras that shoot video. Not a video camera than can do stills. As a matter of fact you can damage it with continued use in that manner.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

Waddizzle — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:09:02 GMT

@shadowsports wrote:
Great Video Camera that supports EF lenses

Its not inexpensive, but not prohibative either.

The C100 with the Dual Pixel Sensor Upgrade is a great video camera. You can use interchangeable EF lenses. But, there are some XA and XF series professional camcorders that can do nearly as good of a job of capturing near broadcast quality video.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

waq6123 — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:18:50 GMT

Hi!

I wanted to do some Live Streaming with a Canon T6 Rebel too.

What Capture Card are you using? I would like to get the Elgato CamLink but can not find information on if it works with it.

Many thanks for your help!

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

Waddizzle — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 18:02:21 GMT

Buy a web cam.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

axepilot — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 23:22:21 GMT

Owner's manual says the camera can overheat with live view on for a long time and will shut itself down. It's working as advertised.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

ebiggs1 — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:35:16 GMT

"...with live view on for a long time and will shut itself down."

It's just protecting itself.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

felmley — Sun, 10 May 2020 00:11:09 GMT

For all those who trolled you in 2018, I'm sorry. Just know that now they all want to do the exact same thing.

Fortunately, Canon launched a beta software just last month software to do just that.

Search YouTube for EOS Webcam Utility Beta.

Should work with your T6. Make sure you keep your "EOS Utilities" from running.

Re: Need Camera to Stay On Constantly - Shuts off after about 45m or so

steveviscious — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 02:13:20 GMT

This is happening to me as well, but I'm not sure why. If I turn it off and back on again, it turns on. If it was overheating I would think that it would shut back off immediately. The LCD is not in use when you have an HDMI plugged in either, so that can't be it. I'm thinking it's just some kind of a 'time out' thing because you haven't done anything on the camera.